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Museum of the Moving Image reopens

This Saturday, January 15th, at 1pm “2001: A Space Odyssey” and at 4pm “Playtime” will be presented in 70MM at the newly expanded Museum of the Moving Image. Ticket prices are $15.00 to the public and free for museum members.

from an article about the renovationView link
The first component will be a large new theater of 264 seats with a very, very large 50 foot amphitheater screen. This should enhance the thrill of any good movie. The second component will be a new screening room which will seat 71.

I raced to get there on time from NJ, with the subway system in disarray due to construction. Got there at 3:40 PM for the 4:00 show, only to find it was sold out. At least I got to see the newly renovated museum, and one of the exhibits had the ape masks, hand and feet appendages from “2001” on display. They also promised to show the 70mm print again later this year.

Thanks Pete. Hopefully when they show it again the projector will be fixed. Opening days sometimes don’t turn out as well as they should. But it sure was painful to hear the show was sold out. I actually asked someone if I could stand in the back or sit on the floor. And all over the museum were artifacts from “2001” to haunt me: the makeup materials I mentioned, books about it in the bookstore, the soundtrack album on display in the film music exhibit, etc.